Display device.



A. VANDERVELD. DISPLAY. DEVICE.

. AEELIUATION FILED EEB-.6, 1911. l ,082,969.

Patented Ju1y'16'; '1912.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB.6, 1911.

- Patented July 16, 1912.

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NTONY' VANDERVELD, 'OF GRAND RAPIDS, `"MICHIGAN, SSIGGR T0 GRAND RAPIDSSHOW- CASE COMPANY, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, -MICHIGAN, "A CORPORATION OF fMICHIGAN.

DISPLAY DEVICE,

' -Appiication filed February-6,1911. serial No. 606,912. A

To all whom it-may concern.'

Be it known thatl I, ANTHONY VANDER- vnLD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at'Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have ,invented an Improvement in Display Devices, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings'representing like parts. Y-y The invention to be hereinafter described relatesto devices fordisplaying goods, such as merchandise and the like, and moreparticularly to such devices as used in stores` for the exhibition ofgoods for sale.

ln such devices it is desirable that the goods or merchandise benormally maintained in a case or compartment to protect the goods ormerchandise from dust or dirt andfrom handling by unauthorized persons,

and at the same time that the goods or merchandise be. capable of readyinspection or.

examination when withdrawn from the case or compartment. It hasheretofore been proposed to provide a rotatable support/for the goods ormerchandise which shall be movable to and from a position within thecase or compartment, and when being so bodily moved shall be preventedfrom rotative movement so that the goods or rack, as it may be termed,shall not injure the case or compartment, and shall be freed to rotativemovement when at the front of the case or compartment. It

' has also been proposed to provide means,

so that when the rack is in front position and rotated, the rack cannotbe moved back int-o tlie-case; An instance of the above is presented inthe application of Oscar L. Smith, Serial No. 524,451, filed October 29,1909.

V The aims and purposes of the present invention are to provide adisplay device of simple \construction and wherein the rotatable rackshall be sustained in an efficient manner as it is bodily moved withArelation to the case or compartment, and wherein improved means isprovided for locking the rotatable rack from rotativel movement whilebeing moved to and from a position wit-hin the case or compartment'andis freed to rotative movement when moved to` front position, andwherein, when in front position,the rack is locked from bodily movementinto the case.y These aims and-pursupport for the to the invention, willbest be made clear from the following.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a display deviceembodying the presentinvention, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 isasection on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig;'3 is a section on the line 3 3,Fig. l, with the case omitted, 'showing the carriage and track framebeneath the floor of the case' with the carriage in rear positiongfFig.4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with some of the parts omitted to moreclearly show the action of the locking device when the carriage is movedto .front position; and Fig. 5 is a plan view. of the track frame, therack, and carriage, the inclosing case being omitted. f The inclosingcase or compartment 1 may be of any desired type, and' is herein shownas comprising a top 2, and sides 3, and back- 4, which may be formed ofglass, the front of the case being closed by suitable doors, not shown.The bottom of the case may be formed of a base piece 5, between whichand the floor G of the case the supporting carriage may conveniently belocated.

-Suitably secured to the case between the base piece 5 and floor (S isthe track frame preferably comprising the side members 7, 7 Figs. 1, 3',4 and 5, extending from front to rear of the case. lThis track framevforms a suitable guide lfor the carriage`A, Figs. 1 and 2, and may beof vany convenient type, but as herein shown consists of the sidemembers 7 7 formed of metal having hanged upper and lower portions 8, 9,Fig. tween which run the rollers 10 connectedby suitableaxles 114 onwhich rest the bearing portions 12 of the carriage A, suitable stops 13on the carriage serving to maintain the rolling supports for thecarriage iii proper relation theiieto. rhe front and rear por; tions oftlielside members 7, 7 may be con-V nected by cioss pieces 14,14.

It will be noted that, the carriage has a rearward extending portion 15and that the rollers 10 are widely separated, the effect being that thecarriage is `more effectively supported and prevented from tipping as itis moved toward and from its position within the case. To1 furtherprevent any tiltingv dmovement, the carriage may have secured l thetraciiframle, Figs. 2, 3 4.

Specification of Lettersl Patent. Patented July 16, i912 i y posesofthe'iiivention, and others incident One'ol'ithe purposesofithe presentinven 'tion is to 4support 4therotatable.rack in a moved to and from itsnormal position within the case. As ,one means to this end, theinvention contemplates sustaining the rack carrying or upright shaftupon an antifriction bearing and providing means at' the base and nearthe top of the shaft to securely brace the same while providingeiiicient bearingsupports.-

In the particular form of the invention shown, the carriagehasrising-thereupon the pedestal portion 18 which is either formedintegral with the carriage, or, as shown in the drawings, may beconstructed separately therefrom and' secured thereto as by the bolts19, see Figs. 1 and 3. yIt will be evident that the principal strainupon the carriage, and that which is most effectively exercised by therack as it is being moved to and from its position within the case, isin a direction longitudinally ofthe carriage, and to meet this conditionthe pedestal 18 has front and rear extending portions 20, as indicatedin Figs. 1, 2 and 3,

preferably formed as webs connecting the base portion of the pedestalwith its bearing portion 21. It will be noted from FiO. 1 that thebearing portions 2O extend through a suitable slot 22 in the floor ofthe case and that abovethe floor of the case the bearing 2l is enlarged.Secured withinth'e bearing 21 aud'extending upward vtherefrom is thesleeve 23 having a bearing portion 24 at its upper end which may be ofany usual `or desired character.

upper and lower bearing portions 21 and 24 is the rack carrying orupright shaft 25 which, at its upper portion, may have secured theretothe hub 26 from which project the spider arms l27' carrying suitablerodsv or other devices 28 for supporting garments or other goods to bedisplayed. Obviously, the form, character and shape of the rack is notmaterial to the present invention, and that shown and described is forthe purpose of making clear the characteristic features of the inventionwithout limiting the same thereto.

Below the end of the rack carrying shaft 425, the carriage has asupporting piece 29 which may be of hardened metal suchA as steel and onwhich is sustained a hardened pin 30 secured to the lower end of theshaft 25, said hardened block and hardened pin thus acting as ananti-friction bearing for sustaining the Weight of the rack and shaftand permitting the rack to be readily and easily rotated.

From the construction thus far described, it will be apparent Athat asthe rack is Passing through the sleeve 23 and the moved to and from itsposition'within the case or compartment, the widely separated bearingportions of the carriage on the track frame and the correspondinglywidely separated bearingportions for the rack carrying shaft 25-and-the'1ongitudnallyextending Web portions 20 of the pedtions 20 of thepedestal extending in a longitudinal direction, the tendency to frontand rear rocking movement will effectively be obviated while at the sametime theslot in the -floor of the case can be made correspondingly smallor narrow. It will like- Wise be noted that the hardened pin and block,one on the carriage and the other on the end of'the shaft 25, willafford a convenient and simple, durable and effective anti-frictiondevice for taking the end thrust of the shaft and its load and yetpermitting the shaft to be readily rotated when free toI said movement.l

It is desirable in `this class of devices, when the rack is moved to itsposition within the` case that it be prevented lfrom rotating on itsaxis, because said rotative movement will, under such conditions, injureor break the case; on the other hand it is desirable that the rack befreed to rota-v tive movement when it reaches its front po-` sition withrespect to the case, and that when so rotated it belocked or preventedwfrom being bodily moved into the case.

The present invention affords means to accomplish the ends stated and,as one con- `venient form of such means, the followin is shown anddescribed. Secured to the lower portion of the shaft 25 is a disk 31,Figs. 2 and 4, said disk being provided with diametrically oppositerecesses 32 which are so related to thevarms 28 of the rack that whensaid recesses are in the position indi-A cated by Figs. 3 and 4, therack will be properly related to the case to enable the rack to be movedginto and out of the case without liability of injury to the case bycontact with the rack. Pivotally mounted at 33 on the carriage andadjacent the disk 31 is a lever 34, for identification to bel known asthe locking lever. This lever carries a roll 35 suitably supportedthereon as by a bracket or casting 36, as shown, said roll 35 beingadapted to engage either of. the rollers 32, as will hereinafter morefully appear. Alsofsecured to the carriage A at 37, Figs. 3 and 4, is alever 38 which, for identification, may be known as the lever catch, andconnecting the lever 38 and one arm of thelever 34 is a spring 39, thenormal tendency of which is to move the locking leverl contra-clockwise,viewing FigsL portion 40, the locking lever w-ill belocked.

from movement on itspivot 33, 'as is shown,-

for instance, in Fig. 3, but when the lip 4l and ,shoulder 40 of saidrespective 'levers arediseng'aged, as in Fig. 4,. thenthe locking lever34 is freed to be moved onvits pivot 3,3,

' as will be readily apparentfrom Fig. 4.

" ing, as indica-ted in Figs. 3, 4 andyto-f Mounted in fixed positionand preferably on one of the side members 7 of the track frame is a trip42 having two finger .portions'rf", 44 ofuneqnal length and extendwardthe path of.-.movement .of the carriage. The trip 42 is disposed-inthepath of movement of the end 45of the lever-catch 3S, so that as thecarriage is' moved from its rear position, as indicated in Fig. 3, to

' its front position, as indicated in Fig. 4, the `end 45 of the levercatch willV pass by the projection 43 of the trip but will engage. thelonger projection 44 of the trip, lwith the result that the end 45 ofthe lever catch will be moved contra-clockwise,v thereby Jfreeing theshoulder portion 40 thereof from engagement with the part 41 ofthelocking lever, the parts then being in position as indicated in Fig. 4..

With the :arts in position as indicated in Fig. 4, due to bearing thecarriage bodily from its position within the case to the front ofthecase, it will be lnoted that the rack may be rotated upon its verticalaxis by a slight pull tending to such rotative movement, whereby theroll 35 of the locking lever is forced out of the notch 32 against theaction of the spring 39 and the rack can be moved' rotatively backwardand forward to any degree. Vhen, however, a notch 32 passes the roll,the roll will drop into the notch and the parts will assume position, asindicated inFig. 4, the rack being then ,properly disposed with relationto the case to be moved thereinto without danger of injuring-the case.

Vhen the rack is rotated from the-position indicated in Fig. 4, and the`roll 35 is forcedA out of the notch 32, the end portion 4i of thelocking lever passes over and beyondgthe shouldered portion 40 of thelever catch'so that said lever catch cannot be .moved clockwise, andsince the end 45 of the levercatch is maintained between theprojectiens't, 44 of the trip at this time, it follows that the rackcannot be moved. to-

vard the rear position within the case.

i "Thus when therack is rotated so that the? .arms thereof wouldbeliable to injure the ca sie,"-if`moved bodily with reference thereto,

thevrack is locked from. such bodily movefment', but Whenthe rackislocated-'with re.

spect to the case s o thatl such injury would Vnot "be liable, then thel.rack islocked ,from

rotative movement but free .to bodily movement/toward or from itsposition within'the case.

3 and that of Fig. V4, itis desirable .that Aits forward mover-nent bechecked` at the proper point and to this end suitablebufers 46areprovided as will be clear fromFigs. 3 and 4. While the Hdetails ofthe'locking-devi-ce and catchv andthe relationofthe catch to vthe triparey preferred asv a good and conf-venien-t' form ofthe invention, itisl to be' lunderstood that 7these parts may be diferently disposed andcombinedl in different relations, the purposebeing that as the carriageand rack move to and from-the' position within the case, the rack :belocked from As the rackl is'moved toward-thelront of'v the casefronr'theposition-findicated by Fig.

rotative' movement, and that when the cart riage- .il/15d rack are movedto the frontrposif tio'nl the rack be free tolrotative movement,

-and that when so freed, and rotated,.therack and carriage be lockedfrom bodily movef ment into the case.

. Whatl is 'claimed iszl. In a store display device, th'e'combinav tionof a case or compartment havinga floorY f provided withaslot,. acarriage movable to and from a .position within the caseor com-Ypartment belowD the `floor, 'a' pedestal rising from" thefcarrjiage andhaving web portions' extending longitudinally` of and within said slot,a bearing suppertedby the web portion `above the slot in the-floor andofgreater diameter than the width of said slot, a rotatabl'erack, and asupport forsaid rack mounted in said bearing. V

2. In a store display device, the combina- I tion. of a case having afloor provided wit-h a narrow slot, a rotatable rack, a movable supportfor said rack below the floor, a web rising from said movable supportand extending throughthe slot in the vfloor, a bearing of larger crosssectional dimension than the slot sustained by the web above the floor,

a rack support mounted in said enlarged bearing above the floor andhaving its lower end extending below the narrow-slot in the 'support insaid bearingv aboverfthe slotand I.

floor, and a thrust bearing between the movdisplay device, the combi- Llextending.-dovvnvvard vbeyond the horizontal plane of said slot, saidshaft having a reduced diameter in'the lane of and to move in saidsl0t,\and a t rust bearing between' the shaft and carriage below thehorizontal plane of the slot.

4. In a display device, the combination of a case or compartment, acarriage movable to and from a .position within the case, a rotatablerack mounted to move with said carriage, a lockingl iiember rotatableWith the rack, a locking lever pivotally mounted on the carriage andadapted to engage said rotatable loc-king member, and a trip forjunlocking the rack.

5. In a display device, the combination of a case, `a carriage movabletoand from aposition Within the case, a rotatable rack having a lockingmember, a locking lever mounted on the carriage, a spring/for turningsaid lever into locking engagement with the said locking member, and alever catch for lockingA the lockingr levei; in sfuch' engaged position.

6. In a display device, the combination 'of a case, a carriage mvableto, and from a position Withln the case, a rotatable racl;`

having a locking member, a lock l@lever mounted on the carnage, a springor turning said lever into locking engagement with the said lockingmember, a lever catch fom locking said locking lever 1n such engage'position, and a trip for said catch. l

7. In a display device, the combiilation of a case, a carriage movableto ancltfrom a position Within the case, a rotatable\ rack mounted formovement with the carriage, a locking member connected to said ra lr, alocking lever pi'votally mounted on the carriage and adapted to engagesaid locking member, and a lever catch for engaging the end of thelocking lever a locking it from disengagement from said/ member.

S. In a display device, the combination of a case, a carriage movable toand from a 'position Within the case, ya rotatable rack mounted formovement Wit-h the-carriage, a

locking member connected to said rack, a

locking leverpivotally mounted on 'the car-l 9. In a display device, thecombination of a case, a rotatable rack for supporting goods movable toand from a position within the case, a lock to prevent rotative movementof the rack, a catch to render the lock eii'ective as the rack is movedto or from a position Within the case, and means to vtrip the catch andrender the lock ineffective when the rack i's moved to a position at thefront ofthe case, vsaid tripping means having a device acting throughthe part moved by the tripping'means to prevent movement of the rackinto the case.

10. In a display device, the combination of a casefarotatable rackmovable to and from a position Within the case and having a lockingmember, a locking leverpto engage the locking member, a catch forcooperatingwith and locking the locking lever to prevent rotativemovement of the rack as it is moved to or from position within the case,and means to tripl the catchand free'the locking lever from the catch asthe rack reaches front position.

11. In a display'device, the combination of a case, a rotatabley rackmovable to and and, for locking the locking lever to prevent rotativemovement of the. rack as .it is moved to or from position Within thecase,

and means to trip the catch and lock the,

rack in froht position as thev rack reaches said position.

In testimony lwhereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.- f

ANTHONY VANDERVELD. Witnesses:

D; M. RAY, B. VAN Rr.

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